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General Discussion / Looking for Poetry Ambassadors. APPLY WITHIN

« on: May 02, 2009, 03:42:39 PM »

Take part of the global poetry documentary.
Please go to www.TravelingPoet.com to find out how to be a Traveling Poet Ambassador of your state.
Thanks

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General Discussion / Re: TEMPE TEAM - RADIO INTERVIEW

« on: August 15, 2007, 10:02:52 PM »

So when is Wal-Mart gonna sponsor poets? 

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General Discussion / Re: OPEN LETTER FROM TEMPE TEAM Regarding disqualification

« on: August 15, 2007, 10:02:24 PM »

For you to even argue something that can't be deemed fact isn't intelligent.  Based on EACH individuals' experiences, they gather their opinion.  From what I've SEEN, in most local slams; and I've performed in almost a dozen states, a vast number of poets don't do anything for their communities. There are more that do nothing, than do something.  That's with human beings in general I guess

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General Discussion / Re: OPEN LETTER FROM TEMPE TEAM Regarding disqualification

« on: August 15, 2007, 06:16:39 PM »

umm. I meant when I perform... I dont perform for poets. or judges. or whatever.  I might be stereotyping, but most poets don't come to LISTEN. they come to read.  I perform for the people who are there to listen and learn and share

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General Discussion / Re: TEMPE TEAM - RADIO INTERVIEW

« on: August 15, 2007, 05:40:52 PM »

i think that people include themselves in everything. I didnt say ALL poets are this and that. I just said that Arizona sent 'liars, cheaters, and bad poets'.....which they did...AND they also sent good poets, honest people, and hard workers. Don't classify yourself in a category that you don't truly feel you belong to, ya know

Thanks for that info.

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General Discussion / Re: OPEN LETTER FROM TEMPE TEAM Regarding disqualification

« on: August 15, 2007, 04:36:06 PM »

Sorry for covering it up...but arizona DID send 'cheaters, liars,  AND bad poets this year.  I'm not saying who was what, but to a lot of other states, that's what 'arizona' as a whole looks like.  And i'm not gonna pretend that we're some sort of 'unified arizona everyone loves each other scene'. I apologize, but i cant be fake like that.  But I can strive towards that actually happening.  I'm blunt and honest, i dont do the fake smile, hug thing like a lot of other people in this scene.  I dont got time to be wasting.  And I'm not trying to influence POETS. they're the last people i want to influence. Most poets aren't even listening.

Besides, you should look at the date of this post, and then the date of the other post and the radio interview.  This was old news and right when I got back and still much heated- not that i'm fully calm now, but getting more towards it after that radio interview

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General Discussion / Re: TEMPE TEAM - RADIO INTERVIEW

« on: August 15, 2007, 04:07:29 PM »

Thank you for your words....and I'm attempting to do that....Which is why I  haven't contacted Bob yet or anyone who was somewhat involved in my eyes...I'm waiting some time to go by before any of that happens...BUT- Just because i'm done slamming wouldn't mean that i'm done with poetry...i think id' rather just feature...do poems that are 4 minutes long. AND have music instead..and not be around people who are competing, because competition brings out the ugly out of beautiful.
I thank you for that invitation and will mos. def. take you up on it once i get my new set/sound/vibe ready . Keep doing your thing

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General Discussion / Re: TEMPE TEAM - RADIO INTERVIEW

« on: August 15, 2007, 11:56:36 AM »

it takes 2 years? I've already owned APOLLO MUSIC, LLC for a while, but i don't see why the process would take 2 years for a non-profit one

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General Discussion / Re: TEMPE TEAM - RADIO INTERVIEW

« on: August 15, 2007, 09:05:49 AM »

I think if ANYTHING, this entire experience motivated me to take things into my own hands, so I'm not held accountable for somebody else's actions.  There's a good chance that was my first and last year 'slamming', but maybe that's just cause of how I feel now.  I'm already starting a whole launch of things out here and trying to get info on starting a non-profit organization out here as well. And nobody is as 'big' as I am ....or 'was'.......and nobody is smaller than I am or was...I don't look at anything like that....I've gone through every ego-trip possible and as grounded now as I ever was.  I'm disgusted by a LOT of things and a lot of people and a lot of actions, but some more than others, and trust me: I'm just as critical on my own decisions to be led....I'm usually a leader, because this is what happens when I follow other people and put my trust in them. I'm out fending and defending other people's actions and not living up to my own

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General Discussion / Re: TEMPE TEAM - RADIO INTERVIEW

« on: August 14, 2007, 11:41:45 PM »

THEN we should've been disqualified.

Keep in mind, that there is no FINAL verdict. Just because we got disqualified, doesn't mean that we weren't legitimate, and apparantly, just because we got in, doesn't mean that we WERE legitimate.

I'm talking about the PROCESS...If that much time was spent on this, why did us Tempe poets end up even being put in this positiong in our first slam?  Who approves the slam master/ the venue? who trains the slam master on all this info? I was just a poet who came out weekly and slammed, and got thrown in all this drama, and felt DISGUSTED by the fakeness and ego's that I saw in poetry. Especially when I have more of a reason to have an ego, than ANY of these no-name local poets who do SHIT for their community's and come out for the wrong reasons.  For the MILLIONTH TIME...I WASNT PLANNING ON SLAMMING when I came out this year.  It was never about the slam or the results. It was the process and the behind-the-back BS.  I'm sorry if I vented earlier and disrespected the organization or the peopel who put time into this, but I don't see how this issue wasn't covered after all these years. This should NEVER happen to any POET. 

The radio interview was my more calm approach to the topic- and me giving the info that I was aware of and my account of what happened. That's all I can do.  i can't just stay quiet when I feel that I got screwed over (by not just ONE person).....But by my slam master, by my state, by my friends, by PSI AND the board....or I should say PSI 'or' the board...because one of them was definitely wrong in their decision.  obviously.

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General Discussion / Re: TEMPE TEAM - RADIO INTERVIEW

« on: August 14, 2007, 10:57:10 PM »

And who said chicago and mesa werent buddy-buddy? is it true that a female member of Mesa was MAKING-OUT with a male member from Chicago during the semis? doesnt she have a boyfriend? ouch.
is that true? hmm..

And I'm not COMPARING THE TWO! jesus christ...For a bunch of poets, I'd think that you guys would understand comparison's better.  I'm talking about the influenced mentalities and the contradiction

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General Discussion / Re: TEMPE TEAM - RADIO INTERVIEW

« on: August 14, 2007, 10:30:33 PM »

Well..If you're going to tell me that I can't be mad at YOU for something you didn't know about...than you can't be mad at me for something I didnt know about...Some of the things that you're saying about Terren , I had no clue.  I know that he asked a few people if they WANTED to be on the slam.  I had no knowledge if he PROMISED people a spot on the slam that DIDN'T slam and win.  And I cant just go out and believe everything I hear...So if somebody just SAYS that, why should i believe that person's word over my own slam masters? Which is in essence, what I HAVE to do, in order to take your side.  And the reason I bought up all those things in the past, is because that's the leverage used for my mind to NOT take your side.  But maybe, through it all, you might be right and I'm just simply not aware of how bad manifest messed up.  But my opinion is based on what I KNOW and what I SAW....And watching your team walk right by FELT like a knife in my back.  It's REALLY hard for me to look at it any other way. 

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General Discussion / Re: TEMPE TEAM - RADIO INTERVIEW

« on: August 14, 2007, 09:12:10 PM »

You dont know anything about the situation or the people involved. It's not a 'privilege to PERFORM - It's a duty.   It's a privalage to LISTEN to all the great poetry.  My intentions for poetry are as pure as they come.  Don't forget that we dont know anything about each other.

When the 1st investigation was being done, I was the first one to tap out, and was still planning on coming to the Nationals because I was that excited to WATCH poetry- THAT was the 'privilege.

It's the games, the timing, the back and forth emotional-toying, and the entire process that got me frustrated.  Don't get it twisted

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General Discussion / Re: TEMPE TEAM - RADIO INTERVIEW

« on: August 14, 2007, 07:10:05 PM »

YOUR TEAM did the original protest. YOUR team was the final 'conclusion' and deciding factor of the final protest.  How can you say you didn't contribute to this at all?? But wait, I know...."It's for the 'integrity' of the scene.

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General Discussion / Re: TEMPE TEAM - RADIO INTERVIEW

« on: August 14, 2007, 06:51:57 PM »

You're as responsible for it as America was for 9/11.
We FUNDED Al Qaida years ago and now we're biting our lip for it.  Probably an extreme comparison, But to me ANYONE who contributed to it was responsible for it, with Terran being the main contributor...Granted.
So what WAS your arguement (when I say 'you' i mean Mesa) for doing the original protest.  You guys were saying that we NEEDED to have a slam-off. And YOU'RE not the person who we have to give the video to or prove ANYTHING to.  I don't own the videos or know the person who does, but Terran does, and I've already told him to gather them all and send it in. 

And I'm sorry...But the fact that you've done this for 14 years isn't a reason to respect you...It's actually a reason to NOT respect you...Because if you've done this for 14 years and haven't even done anything for the community and caused nothing but drama the whole time, than I look down at that, not look up to it.